HP Inc. CEO Dion Weisler, who is officially set to launch the new $55 billion independent PC business -- a Fortune 50 company -- Nov. 1, spoke with CRN about the opportunity to gain share against Dell, reselling Surface Pro, Windows 10, Apple's enterprise play and the outlook for HP Inc.

Just hours after Dell announced its acquisition of EMC, a top executive with HP Inc. told Best of Breed conference attendees that the vendor is targeting small and mid-size customers with a new PC and printer offensive. Via ITBestOfBreed.com

According to market researcher IDC, PC shipments dipped 10.8 percent year over year in the third quarter, as the market faces a transition period in the midst of a major operating system upgrade clouded by challenging financial conditions.

We report on the most recent benchmark test documenting Intel's new Skylake processors and how they preform running Photoshop, AutoCAD and Microsoft Office compared with earlier versions of Intel chips and AMD.